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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
AS TO RAILROADS.

Wichita is reached by railroad in seven
directions under five independent manage
ments. By December Dist, 1887, five
more lines are due Or are to reach this
point, under contract. One of these is the
Boston syndicate road, which is TO run
from Wichita northwest through Harvey,
Rice, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Mitchell and
Jewell counties to the Republican river in
Nebraska Bonds have been voted to this
road for the entire distance, and large
amounts of real estate for terminal facil
ties purchased in this city and work will
commence within ninety days.
The Rock Island & Pacific IS to reach
here in June. The right of way is all pur-
chased and one hundred and forty thous-
and has been paid for terminal facilities
at this point. That road goes directly
south from Wichita The Missouri Pacific
is to build a link between the Eagle Line
and the D.. NJ. & A system on the west
and to put in line from Wichita southeast
through douglas, Burden and Dexter or
Cedar Vale. to a connection with the D.. NJ.
& A. on the Cana valley.
Bonds have been voted to two other roads.
one from the Missouri river at ST. Joe
and another from Kansas City. an air line,
known rs the KANSAS, Colorado and Texas,
and behind which the Pennsylvania sys-
ten stands. Touching this latter road the
Quincy Wing, of last Thursday, saws that
Missouri will be traversed by it from Quin-
cy to Kansas City and that the Pennsylva-
MIA road is backing it, The last named
city held monster meeting February 10Th
in its interest
Ia short, Wichita is the greatest railroad
town in the state and will remain such.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
HOW WICHITA DOES IT.

Wichita is standing off and looking at
itself with undying admiration and yelling
.'look at me-" because it raised S41 600 for g
Y NJ c. A building. in three days. As
the echo of self glorificatiOn dies away the
EAGLE exclaims, with the pride of a boy
who has touched off" his first shooting
cracker, 81 there is but one Wichita. Elm
poria Globe.
Which leads US to remark also, there is
but one Emporia and it is good thing foE
Kansas that there isn't
The truth is, and we challenge a show.
ing to the contrary, that there cannot be
found city in the United States or in the
world of no greater population than WITCH
tia, in which, in three days, the sum OF
$41. 900 cash could be raised for any
purely benevolent or religious purpose.
This was done in Wichita on Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday last, and not one man
in a hundred was called upon or knew any
thing about it.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
HOG VALLEY.

4 group of statesmen at Topeka have fas-
tened to the country adjacent 20 the Arkan-
sas river in Kansas and on both banks there
OF, the name Of Hog Valley" Atchison is
enged-Atchison Champion.
Wichita must be in Hog Valley" but the
editor Of the EAGLE insists that Newton is
out Of it.-Newton Republican.
The metropolis of Hog Valley, of course,
Wichita claims to be; valley of the big
gest corn fields in America, and the most
of them to the square mile, and every hog
of the blue ribbon grade are headed for the
packing houses Of Wichita. The marked
difference, however, between the hogs of
the Happy Valley and those of our neigh
bors is that ours are equipped with four
legs, while those of Atchis0n and Newton
have only two.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
a SUFFRAGE NUT TO BE CRACKED

Female municipal suffrage being fixed
| fact, 50 far as the governor and legislature
can fix it, the question remains. What
viii the judiciary do about it?
The editor of this paper is not a lawyer
or an cx-judge, but he hopes that it may
not be considered presumption in him to
question the constitutionality of the legis-
lative action above mentioned.
The supreme court has already decided
that woman may hold the Office Of coun-
ty school superintendent, but that woman
cannot vote for her That tribunal has
also decided that woman may be legal
voter for school district treasurer, and this
because the latter office is created by the
legislature, and the constitutional qualiti-
cation does not apply. A legiti-
mate inference would be that
the constitutional qualification applies only
to su oh officers as are mentioned in that in
strument.
Article 8, section 2, Of the constitution
reads:
The legislature shall provide for such
county and township officers as may be
necessary
Article -, section 5, reads: 'ProvisiOn
"shall be made by general law for the or
"ganization of cities. towns and villages:
'and the power Of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, contracting debts and
"loaning their credit shall be so restricted
as to prevent the abuse of such power
To layman it would seem that if the
constitutional qualification Of voter APP
plies to the officers that may be provided
for under the letter Of the above
sections, it must apply to those pro
Yided for under the former, except
county school superintendent clerk of the
district court probate judge, etc. Why
not then allow women to vote for sheriff,
county attorney, register Of deeds, etc.
Upon the theory contended for by the
female suffragists what stands in the way
of legislative action that women shall vote
IOT pIeSluCEtlal eleCtOrS anu HlemDeTS OI
Neither of them are offices Gre
ated by the state constitution. If the suf-
frage may be enlarged as to municipal
Offices because they are not mentioned in
the constitution, why not, for the same
reason extend it TO the national offices men
toned? 1t will be conceded that the state
may prescribe the qualifications of electors
for these national offices, subject only to
the restriction that no color line shall be
established Why not, then. go the whole
length at once?
1t is difficult to believe that the judiciary
Of the state will adopt a view of the suf
frage clause of the constitution that must
result in SO complete an emasculation
thereof; or that the trainers Of that instru-
ment and the voters who adopted it, |
thought their work was the mere rope of |
sand these reformers would have us believe
il 20 be.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

three years ago that see 1t little save the
rivers by which to Identify it "
With her street car lines. gas and electric
lights water works and We'll organized fire
department, solid blocks Of four and five
story brick and stone buildings, Wichita
has more the air of an eastern city than
any other in Kansas, and we have visited
them ali. Surprising aS was lis growth
last year, it will make greater strides this
year than ever before. The able editor Of
the Wichita EAGLE in a recent issue Of his
paper said: Wichita will make the great
est growth the coming season ever made
by any city Of Kansas in a single year. if
not greater gIowlh than was ever record
ed OF any city of its size at any time in
any country" Her growth for 1887
will not only he Won
,d"frul one compared with her
astonishing record Of 1886. bat it will
he phenomenal one. can see but one
event in which this prophecy may not be
fulfilled, and that is in the event Of "A fall
ure Of crops. Already contracts amount
ing to g, 900 COO are let for business blocks
al0ne, AMI when You add To this the est
mate for private residence. and prospective
business houses that will be under contract
by April /, you have an aggregate -
81. coo. coo. Last Year nine hundred resi-
deuces were erected at an aggregate cost Of
about &. 900 600, but this will be largely
di>tanced this wear While real estate, is
booming As il never has in the past. The
daily sales amounting 10 nearly one quarter .
of a million. yet the prof,:s~e'ily know
ing oues insis, that Wichita great
est boom is vet 10 come. While great
deal Of real estate is being purchased on
speculation. Vet the bulk Of it il purcha-e,i
for building The people evidently have
come To STAY, and The city IS building for
the future Ii Is enphagically place If
sunshine, and the air Is electrically drv
aud invigorating that it is regarded a. one
of the most healthful points in the United
States. The health officer reports the
death raie at about four to the Thousand
during The year. oertaInlv 81 exceptional
rec-rI. The society of Wichita i up IT, The
standard Of eastern cities OF the saIne size
and in public spirit far si1esi Tary b4ee
twelve school buildings that cost Si50. G01f
including & Catholic parocilial school 81.
100 pupils Three colleges a:e nos under
and three # No, four others
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

Windy Wichita's real estate manipula tor.
are required to pay an occupation tax of $50
per year, and they feel that their rights as
American citizens are greatly abridged
They object to pay license for the privilege
of lying about Wichita real estate.-Leaven-
worth Times.
As nearly every man in Wichita is q real
estate dealer, quite large sum must be the
result of the tax.-Emporia News.
Not nearly every man, we guess, as only
some six thousand dollars was realized
from the tax
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
Written for the Eagle.
WICHITA, AND HER EAGLE.
BY Fl. II. BALLARD.

The Eagle struggled in her might,
Till freed from British lions paw;
Then spread her wings for westward flight
And sailed till she reached Wichita.
Her sweeping wing famed into light
A thousand regions dark and raw;
Like Sol who chased retreating night.
TIL daylight dawned on Wichita.
She floats above the sweeping breeze,
Outsailing cuckoo, pigeon, daw;
The airy ocean skins with ease,
And proudly looks on Wichita.
She sends her invitation back,
Come look at what you never saw;
Where late appeared the Indians track,
Now run the streets of Wichita.
There's land in plenty here for sale,
All free from wigwam, chief, and squaw;
Jump on the train and come by ran,
Aud stop when you reach Wichita.
Search not for any better place;
For such place you never saw
AS that " hlch lies before your face,
When you look raIght at Wichita.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. IS, 1887.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
GREAT JOURNALS.

Marsh Murdock's rawlings against woulan's
suffrage finds great favor with the Kansas
City Times. Mr.. Murdoch ought TO feel
proud OF the encouragement he gets from the
organ OF the democracy at the mouth of the
kaw.-CapitaL
Beg pardon, but we are not conscious of
having torn our hair or paved UP any con-
siderable amount of Arkansas Valley turf
over this question As for the cotempora-
~ at the kaw's mouth, We have noticed an
inclination upon the part Of great metropol
itan journals to fall into like big channels
oil thought. conviction and principle,
which cannot always be reached by the
average country editor Ia, Ia. Major.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
ABOUT WICHTTA,S DEBT.

Wichita is the freest from debt of any
city or town in Kansas of over four thous-
and people All that we have in the way
of street car lines, electric and gas com
panies, water works, etc, etc, were
secured without bonus. Sedgwick county
as q county, has but forty eight thousand
dollars of an Indebtedness outstanding and
the city of Wichita less than eighty
Put that down in your note book for it
is one Of the bic factors of our prosperity.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

will be commenced in the early spring
These colleges will he built at large cost
and will all he Of high order of lcarning
The city can also point with pride to her
large aud rapidly increasing lumber Of
churches, some of the less pretentious Of
which will be torn down during the sum
mer tn give place to larger and more elabo-
rate structures. Down into Arkansas the
coming year viii be one of unprecedented
growth throughout southwestern Kan
sas For months there has been
al uninterrupted stream Of emf
grafton to thi, part Of the state; such towns
rs Winfield Arkansas City, Wellington,
Anthony and Hutchinson are having a
rapid growth OF these towns Anthony
the youngest gud smallest, l. one Of The
best The situation Of this town Is admir-
able and its citizens are fnll Of public spirit
and push Bat Ne must not tarry too
long in Kansas. bat HE away - the south.
where we will make our first stop 81 Fort
Smith, Arkausas. $50 miles from Wichita
Respectfully,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

The Digbion Journal ia ifs last issue,
contained an aessSsInt II the banging o! tsso
Indians In WiciIiis few Gass aso ~
tie Iasiian- were rsspitei. sad are ssill IN
IiH. hand O! the Vi =. tse Wriieup a.
Though Interesting was igtie premature
-Gardegg City Sentinel
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
kc-fcctl iiiiS,
T. II ANDERSON.

Postal clerk J. ". c. Sorincstuu &c
turned this morning from Wichita, Kan
SIS. whittier be had lcen to look upon tie
boom The Subscription 81 f5rtv seven
thousand dollars fur the erection u j
VI G. 4 building i mentioned p a sample
Of the way they do things He thought
20 well IF the town thai he invested in
four town lot. -Pirrce City No Empire.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

THE legislative excursion 20 "Grgifen-
stems Flats on FFtIay next. promises 10
II, an inierssSin. and possibly a pT.sfifasse
occasion. nni uniy 10 the participants. lsgt
a!so "a the real e4sfAte dealers of that town
y ho viii doubtless avail themselves If the
occasion tn impress the visitors # invest-
Ing in real estate in that city.-Abisene Ga
I.affR
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

1t is not Dan Anthony the people of
Kansas have reason to fear in the next
gubernatorial race. 1t is Susan b
Kansas City Times.
1t has been the understanding down this
way that she is after Ingalls, scalp.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

L r@Iuire- f5ty isaciset- to look sitter
twenty four hundred school Children IN
W ;caiis. ksn--Fowler City Graphic.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

Topeka should see some first-class four
and five story business fronts on Kansas
avenue this year.-Topeka Capital.
Would Topeka see four, five and six
story business fronts, they must come to
Wichita the coming summt Next fall
we will show them seven story front.
Come
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25
A Factions BrOil,

Tacoma and Seattle are having a
monkey-and-parrot time over their rel.
alive claims to recognition as leading
business centers. Seattle, this week,
sent out an Associated Press dispatch,
declaring that the Tacoma Chamber
of Commerce had memorialized the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company to
make a definite declaration of its in
tentions towards Tacoma as a perma-
nent terminus. The object of the dis
patch was clearly to create distrust OF
the future prospects of the terminal
city, and advance the growth of the
carefully prepared boom for Seattle.
The Tacoma newspapers authoritative
ly deny that any such communication
was sent to the railroad company, and
declare that the dispatch was SIM
ply the result of a conspiracy between
Portland and Seattle to injure Tacoma,
the rising star in the west, and to OBJ
scure its radiance during their own
Eclipse.
: 1t is hardly probable that there is
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25

any ground for apprehension on the
part OF Tacoma that she will be treated
as Olympia once was. by IA land ring IN
the company. still that circumstance
has a tendency to create a feverish I'M
rrst of the nerves of capital whenever
referred to as precedent for results
that are possible should the manage
llrnt change at an annual election of
directors.
We, OF the capital, have little SYM
lathy with either OF the combatents in
this interesting little game of dog-eat-
dog. They have neither OF them
shown anything but avarice and greed
in their dealings with us, or in projects
affecting our prosperity. They have
never kind word to say OF our peo-
lle, or the enterprise they have shown
in overcoming almost insurmountable
Obstacles to progress; but on the con-
trary, Seattle has rersistently sought
to have the Land Offices removed to
that city, to become a factor for sus-
tanning the many bOoms that float like
toy-halloons above the characteristic
feature of her cast-irOn countenance,
a loud-toned, lusty and loquacious
mouth. Tacoma followed in her wake
by an organized effort to secure the
residence of the new Judge at the ter
minus, in one end Of the district, and
away from judicial and other records
at times of great benefit to court,
and especially to a judge who is enter
ing upon service in new country, un-
der necessarily unusual circumstances
and for "a strange people.
The reaching out for such straws, by
reputed stalwart swimmers, would be
regarded as some evidence that they
either distrusted their own powers OF
endurance, or were actually assaulted
by the preliminary symptoms of a
cramp. 1t is well to bear in mind the
injunction to " Live, and let live" and
under no circumstance is the latter
proposition to be ignored unless it be-
comes absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of the former. Self-pres-
eryation of course excuses an appeal
to the dernier resort, but neither OF
our neighboring communities, We
opine, would urge this as justification
of their course.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25
OLYMPIA
Collegiate lnstituta
Olympia, w. T.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMEHr.

F1aHIS Institution for students of III
i sex is under the control Of the r.
Odist Episcopal church. Students ~
received on the same footing, and - :
tarlaDisn il taught.
Three courses are open to the studfS
the AcaGemic, Lie Normal AUD BuniS'
or Commercial.
The Academic Course
nFtends over yen,s and prepares ~
men and women Tor college, givins r.
OuGh preparatory inst; uctiOn in
mates and in ancient and modern n
guages.
The Normal Course
Extends over 8 years and fits studenl
the teachers profession. A pleaa1ff
ture IN this course will be leCtn
moral science by members Of the az
The Business Course
Extends over 2 years and gives -
men and women q COMPREHENSIVE
quaintance with the business forms 2
details of commercial education.
keeping and Penmanship throuGS b
entire course. Lectures will b.
from time to time by prominent me-
of the bar on Commercial Law
The building has been thor0RIRhIv
ovated and put in excellent condicl
q prosperous school year. A Literoff
ciety is held in connection with the
tute. The school will open the firs1
dAv in September with J. l.. Heuds1
Principal and l.. p. Yemen, Instrueis
Higher Mathematics and Anctenf
guages. Peter Cochran is Asyiefar5 r
Principal of Grammar and PrimalG.
partments, where children are r06S6
at all ages ever five years. More
will be furnished il needle {. For
and circular address the Principal. 81!
J. L. HENDEH
Olympia, Aug. n, 1886. 49,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25

MANNING Logan, u nice young man
and son of the great statesman who
has recently passed away, is about to
marry Miss Andrews, of Youngstown,
Ohio, a reputed heiress. 1t seems
that young Logan has lately come into
possession of some loose change, pre-
sumably the drippings of the generous
fund donated by his fathers admirers
to free the family homestead from i'll
cumbrance, and having fallen in love
he is spending the money in Il way
not altogether pleasing to the unsus,
pecting donors. Be the matter as it
may, the newspapers are taking this
view of it in ventilating the circum-
stances. The following comments are
from the Pittsburg Post:
Young Logan is to be married in the
Spring to Miss Andrews, the daughter OF
the youngstown millionaire He has al
ready ordered the outfit, which is so elabO.
rate and unusual that his tailor has been
giving a few private exhibitions of the
works of art which are soon to adOrn the
person of young Logan. Among the var
led articles are two suits of silk underwear
at $40 per suit several pairs of black silk
hose at IS per pair. But even these dainty
articles arc 10 be eclipsed by nightrobe
ordered from New York that is to cost
$500. Would-be subscribers to the Logan
fund might hasten their subscriptions a
little in view Of these unusual expenses.
But, en- PEASANT, how many of the subscrib
ers for the relief of the LOgans weai
$40 underwear and s. socks, or ever saw
a $500 night-shirt.
The telegraph announces the nuptial
ceremonies occurred last Tuesday, at
Youngstown, Ohio.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25

Mr.. Radebaugh, OF the Ledger, re-
gales his readers with long disserta-
tons of his impressions of manners
and men while riding in Pullman
car, on his late trip East. 1t is now
in order for the dead-head tramp on
the break-beam to state his views.
Then the reader can average up a
pretty fair opinion on the subjects
treated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25
The Babies Cry for 1t.

And the old folks laugh when they find
that the pleasant California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup OF Figs, is more easily
taken and moro beneficial in its action
than bitter, nauseous medicines. 1t is q
most valuable family remedy to act on
the bowels, to clense the system, and IL
dispel colds, headaches and fevers
Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co., San Francisco, Califor.
mia. For sale by T. 1. McKenny, Olym.
pia, W. T.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25
We Rise to Inquire.

In our last issue We noted the fact
that jury was celebrating on the
question of the sanity of James Burns,
who it will be remembered was con-
victed at the last term of the District
Court OF assault with deadly weapon
and sentenced to pay fine of one
hundred dollars and costs of the pros
ecutiOn, and who has been boarding
in the county Jail since his sentence.
He was brought before Probate Judge
Root on a charge OF insanity, preferred
by some of his former neighbors at
Yelm. Mr.. Burns, who was represent
ed by Francis Henry, Esq, demanded
a jury trial. A panel of twelve men
were called by the Sheriff. After hear
ing the testimony, the jury brought in
verdict that the defendant was per
fectly sane," whereupon Burns went
back to his hotel, the county Jail, and
the jury were discharged. The county
Of Thurston was adjudged to pay the
sum of about eighty dollars, the costs
of the proceedings. Is not this bust
ness concerning Burns getting little
monotonous as we'll as expensive to
the taxpayers? In the first place, will
the learned Prosecuting Attorney for
this district please rise and explain
why it is that this man, who is re-
ported to be worth at least twenty
thousand dollars, should be perpetual
charge on the people of this county!
Section 1920 of the Washington Code
provides that before a Judgment for
fine and costs and for all adjudged
costs, execution shall be issued against
the property of the defendant, and re,
turned in the came manner as in civil
actions. 1t certainly looks like a trav.
esty on justice and common sense to
have a money-changer in the county
jail at the expense of the county, fol
failure to pay fine of a hundred dol
lars and costs, and having people de-
string to negotiate large loans inter
viewing the county's charge by the aid
of the Sheriff. Let us have done with
this absurd joke at once.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25

Gov. Squire has appointed F. W.
Paine, of Walla Walla, Superintendent
of the Penitentiary. He is now over
to make arrangements for the trans.
fer of the SO prisoners at Seatco to the
new Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25
Better than Gold.

Can be truly said of that new and effica
cacious remedy for Consumption and dis
eases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
Santa Able, for it is pleasant to the palate
and death to a cold. Every bottle war
ranted by c. B. Mann, the Olympia drug
gist.